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5 Nov, 18 tweets, 9 min read
Good Morning Emerald (Victoria) !
Emerald is a station on the former Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook VR narrow gauge (2' 6") railway.
Opened Dec. 1900 when the line opened.
Emerald was half way along the line.

Network 1943.
members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
Railway Station in Emerald, Victoria - early 1900s
flickr.com/photos/7099484…
Emerald station opened up with a single loop siding.
A passing loop was added a few years after opening.

Emerald diagram 1919
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Emerald station
emeraldmuseum.org.au/images/showlis…
Up train c. 1900s
Post card.
' Greetings from Emerald '
Full photograph of the one above.
Water tank between Selby and Menzies Creek. It was near here that the landslide occurred that closed the line in 1953.
emeraldmuseum.org.au/images/showlis…
Site of the landslide.
i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/3…
c. 1957
Timber being off loaded for transport at Emerald Station, c. 1906
facebook.com/LostEmeraldand…
Emerald Station c. 1930.
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Note the passing loop between the original goods siding and mainline.
'TEA ROOMS' sign can be seen.
A lovely cup of tea and rock cake while waiting for the train to Upper Ferntree Gully and connection to Melbourne.
Cockatoo Station 1917
facebook.com/LostEmeraldand…
Quite a crowd waiting for the train.
Emerald Lake (Lake Treganowan) Park is a popular picnic and recreation reserve opened during World War II. Lakeside station opened in 1944 to provide access to the park.
puffingbilly.com.au/wp-content/upl…
Emerald station, c.1955
members.ozemail.com.au/~telica/Puffin…
Line closed at this time.
Emerald reopened in 1965 by the Puffing Billy railway, and to Lakeside in 1975.
Emerald yard today different from the pre 1953 days but the original track layout can be discerned.
Station building has been restored, still very much in original form.

members.optusnet.com.au/~narrow.gauge/…
Emerald station
Brian Yap 2015
flickr.com/photos/3026534…
Emerald station
biosis.com.au/2018/01/29/eco…
Emerald ' Gem of the Hills '
puffingbilly.com.au/wp-content/upl…
G42 - restored VR G class Garratt 2' 6" gauge
2-6-0+0-6-2 built Beyer Peacock 1926.
Out of service 1962, restored to service 2004.
Video:
Puffing Billy Railway - Emerald - Dec 2007
Start at Belgrave, then ride behind NA class locomotive 6A and 7A to Emerald. We then watch a number of trains on the steep grades either side of Emerald hauled by the two NA's, as well as Garratt G42.
Historical film:
Gembrook Railway 1947-48
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7 Nov
Good Morning Colac!
Birregurra - Colac open 1877
Colac - Camperdown 1883
Colac - Beech Forest 1902 ( VR 2' 6" narrow gauge )
Colac - Cressy 1910
Colac - Alvie 1923

Network 1947
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap… Image
Colac diagram 1929 updated to 1944
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Narrow gauge yard is at the bottom of the diagram.
Turntable was not accessible for narrow gauge locos and these were reversed at Beech Forest via a balloon loop. Image
Colac Railway Station viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE7203… via @Library_Vic c. 1908 Image
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7 Nov
Port Albert was the original terminus of the South Gippsland railway and opened in Jan 1892.
Alberton - Port Albert closed in 1949. When the line was built from Alberton to Yarram and Woodside in 1921, Port Albert was no longer a terminus.

vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930… Image
The station was at the northern outskirts of the town proper at Palmerston. There were efforts made by the locals to get VR to extend the line to the actual port.
Port Albert yard also had a narrow gauge tramway bringing in timber. Goodwood Tramway.
media.lrrsa.org.au/edow124/Light_… Image
V499 at Port Albert 1912
museumsvictoria.com.au/scienceworks/r…
V class 2-8-0
V499 was the Pattern engine for the class. V499 was built 1900 by Baldwin USA. A further 15 V class locos were built Phoenix Ballarat 1901-02.
V499 was renumbered V200 and was last of the class scrapped in 1930. Image
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7 Nov
Korumburra was on the South Gippsland Railway.
Opened 1891 on the Melbourne to Port Albert line.
Branch open 1894 to Jumbunna, 1896 to Outtrim.
The substantial brick station constructed in 1907.

1930 Network map
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1930… Image
Korumburra diagram 1935
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp… Image
Railway Station Korumburra viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1472… via @Library_Vic c. 1908
Not long after completed. Image
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6 Nov
Good Morning Healesville!
Lilydale to Yarra Flats (now known as Yarra Glen) open May 1888. Yarra Glen to Healesville March 1889, with a 1 in 40 climb to a 154.4 metre tunnel with a corresponding descent at nearly the same grade.

1947 Network
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap… Image
Healesville line profile
victorianrailways.net/grades/richeal… Image
Healesville Railway Station. viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1475… via @Library_Vic
A temporary station used until permanent station was built in 1903 and is now listed with Heritage Victoria.
This is an early view, c. 1903-10, has the permanent station building. Image
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4 Nov
Good Morning Somerton!
Somerton station opened to traffic as a single platform on 15 May 1881. In 1889, Somerton became a junction with the suburban line to Melbourne via Coburg but was closed to traffic from the Somerton end in 1903.

1890 Network map
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1890…
Somerton diagram 1890
vrhistory.com/Locations/Some…
Somerton to Fawkner was reopened 1928, but no connection at Somerton. The terminus of the line from Fawkner was a small turntable for turning the AEC ' Beetle ' rail motor.

Somerton diagram 1928
vrhistory.com/Locations/Some…
This is why no photographs of Beetle at Somerton station.
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3 Nov
Good Morning Campbellfield North! (Upfield) 😉
Network 1947
victorianrailways.net/vr%20map/vrmap…
North Melbourne to Coburg open 1884
Coburg to Somerton open 1889
Campbellfield North open 1889.
Closed 1903 re-opened 1928 closed 1956
re-opened as Upfield 1965.
Coburg to Somerton section closed July 1903 reopened as far as Fawkner in Dec 1906 for funeral trains.
Full services extended to Fawkner in 1915.
Dec 1920 line to Fawkner electrified.
RM service Fawkner to Somerton 1928 - 1956

Fawkner - Somerton RM
victorianrailways.net/photogallery/s…
BEETLE RAIL MOTOR AT FAWKNER 1954
Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Known as the ' Beetle ' AEC rail motors provided the service from Fawkner - Somerton.
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